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May 14, 2008 Your weekly industry news and business trends update from SAF
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Survey Says: Ecuador's Imports Value on the Decline in 2008

Has the flow of Ecuador's fresh flower imports to the U.S. peaked? It's certainly too early in the year to tell, but numbers for the first three months of the year provide an inkling. As shown in the chart, the trend in Ecuador's annual cut flower imports showed a three year rise through 2007, hitting more than $145.1 million in 2007. However, in the first quarter of '08, values decreased from $48.9 million in 2007 to $43.7 million this year. So far, the value of cut rose imports from January through March are down from $30.3 million last year to $26.4 million in 2008.

 Value in Thousands of Dollars of Ecuador's Fresh Flower Imports

 

 Source: USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service, 2008




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